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The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Blueford v. Arkansas that the double jeopardy clause does not prevent the re-prosecution of a greater offense if a jury deadlocks on...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Holder v. Gutierrez that an alien must individually satisfy the requirements of 8 USC § 1229b(a) rather than it being imputed on them by a...

JURIST Columnist Kevin Johnson, writing a special edition of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that despite public concerns over racial profiling, the Supreme Court is focusing on issues of...

The US Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments of the term Wednesday in Arizona v. United States to determine whether Arizona's controversial immigration law [SB 1070 materials; JURIST news...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC that § 6501(e)(1)(A) of the IRS code does not apply to an overstatement of basis. Ordinarily,...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd v. Novo Nordisk A/S that a generic drug manufacturer may employ the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act to...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to determine whether, under the Copyright Act , a copyrighted work obtained legally outside the...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington that a suspect's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when he was strip searched...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Wednesday in Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper that the phrase "actual damages" as found in the Privacy Act of 1974 is sufficiently ambiguous...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Astrue v. Capato on whether a child who was conceived after the death of a biological parent, but who cannot inherit personal...